Research
In this section, we present you the research projects conducted within and supported by the NIT.
Perceptions of Istanbul's Historical Monuments Survey
In collaboration with Istanbul Technical University, NIT has created a survey to understand people's perceptions of Istanbul's historical monuments. read more
Cultural Heritage Technologies for Sustainable Cities
The Cultural Heritage Technologies for Sustainable Cities Project (2020-2021) builds an interdisciplinary network to address contemporary challenges for urban cultural heritage in fast-developing cities like Istanbul. read more
Barcın Höyük Excavations
The Barcın Höyük Excavations Project investigates the settlement remains of an early farming community of the seventh millennium BC. The archaeological site of Barcın Höyük is located in the Yenişehir Valley in Bursa in northwest Anatolia. The excav ... read more
The Feriköy Protestant Cemetery Initiative
The Feriköy Protestant Cemetery Initiative aims to preserve, document, and study Istanbul's main Protestant cemetery as an important local historic landmark. read more
Tophane Heritage Project
The Tophane Heritage Project investigates urban change in the Tophane neighbourhood of Istanbul and the role of cultural heritage – material as well as immaterial – in processes of social, economic and physical change. The project was started by the ... read more
Architectural Heritage of the Ottoman Balkans
This long-term research project, conducted by NIT research fellow Machiel Kiel, includes not only a full inventory of Ottoman architectural remains in southeastern Europe, but also archival research into the social and political aspects of the buildi ... read more
Fethiye Camii as a Cultural Heritage Site
Istanbul’s religious cultural heritage includes the material remains of some thirty former Byzantine churches and chapels, which have survived in different conditions, forms and functions. The building that is called Fethiye Camii, which is located o ... read more
Projects by NIT Fellows and Visiting Scholars (2006-2022)
From 2006 onwards, numerous junior researchers have received a fellowship from the Netherlands Institute in Turkey for a research stay in Istanbul. In addition, several senior scholars have spent periods between three months and half a year at the NI ... read more
Machiel Kiel Photographic Archive
This project aims at the digitization and publication of the photographic archive of architectural historian Machiel Kiel. read more